Review of Ghost World (2001) by Kyle G — 22 May 2012
A fine movie, a gender-reversed and much smarter version of Harold and Maude; but still, a little too intrusive and coyly thought-provoking.
GW and H+M share a smarmy liberal attitude, but the former is fortunately a little deeper than the latter, thanks to some sub-plots (record-collecting, an art class, an old racist ad campaign) to spice up the old "quirky mismatched romance" story. Also, Ghost World could have easily had a lazy voiceover, and I'm so glad they resisted this, since it would have made the smarmy flaws in the screenplay so much worse.
This review of Ghost World (2001) was written by Kyle G on 22 May 2012.
Ghost World has generally received very positive reviews.
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